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The complex answer to why the U.S. does so poorly in health measures has at its base one pervasive issue: the U.S. has by far the highest levels of inequality of all the rich countries. Inequality Kills Us All details how living in a society with entrenched hierarchies increases the negative effects of illnesses for everyone.
The complex answer to why the U.S. does so poorly in health measures has at its base one pervasive issue: the U.S. has by far the highest levels of inequality of all the rich countries. Inequality Kills Us All details how living in a society with entrenched hierarchies increases the negative effects of illnesses for everyone.
Stephen Bezruchka is Associate Teaching Professor in the Departments of Health Systems & Population Health and of Global Health at the School of Public Health, University of Washington, in Seattle. He worked as an emergency physician for decades and now teaches concepts presented in this book at the University of Washington.
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Richard Wilkinson
Introduction
1. How healthy are we in the United States
2. Healthcare in America
3. Inequality Kills
4. Poverty Perspectives
5. Early Life Lasts a Lifetime
6. Health Inequities
7. Stress is the Killer
8. Our Health Depends on Political Choices
9. Prescription Needed
10. What Can We Do?
Afterword
Index
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
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Fachbereich: | Völkerkunde |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Völkerkunde |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 214 |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9781032278391 |
ISBN-10: | 1032278390 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Bezruchka, Stephen |
Hersteller: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Maße: | 152 x 227 x 20 mm |
Von/Mit: | Stephen Bezruchka |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.11.2022 |
Gewicht: | 0,346 kg |
Stephen Bezruchka is Associate Teaching Professor in the Departments of Health Systems & Population Health and of Global Health at the School of Public Health, University of Washington, in Seattle. He worked as an emergency physician for decades and now teaches concepts presented in this book at the University of Washington.
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Richard Wilkinson
Introduction
1. How healthy are we in the United States
2. Healthcare in America
3. Inequality Kills
4. Poverty Perspectives
5. Early Life Lasts a Lifetime
6. Health Inequities
7. Stress is the Killer
8. Our Health Depends on Political Choices
9. Prescription Needed
10. What Can We Do?
Afterword
Index
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Völkerkunde |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Völkerkunde |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 214 |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9781032278391 |
ISBN-10: | 1032278390 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Bezruchka, Stephen |
Hersteller: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Maße: | 152 x 227 x 20 mm |
Von/Mit: | Stephen Bezruchka |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.11.2022 |
Gewicht: | 0,346 kg |